Mick, thank you for your clarification. I agree that Irish music which is wonderful doesn't require alcohol and tobacco to make it beautiful.

Most of the defenders of tobacco in public places where children can breathe it and consenting adults are being harmed by it are addicts.   The tobacco lobby has kept it from being cited by the FDA as an addictive substance because they make a lot of money on tobacco addicts.

I'm glad that other countries are waking up to the dangers of this chemical substance. I suppose that if people want to destroy their health, I can't stop them but I protest their doing harm to others by their disgusting habit.

Frank Hamilton